Philmont Historic District (Additional Documentation)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

One of 155 National Register listings published here for Columbia County · listed in 2024 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Ark St., Band St., Block St., Canal St., Church St., Columbia Ave., Eagle St., Ellsworth St., Elm St., Garden St., Main St., Maple Ave., Philmont, 12565
When was it listed? March 2024
Category. district
Town. Claverack town
National Register reference number. 100010025 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

189 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Philmont Historic District (Additional Documentation) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 323 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	78
Debris and open burning	34
Natural	32
Equipment and vehicle use	16
Arson/incendiarism	10
Smoking	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Other causes	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 August 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
26 August 2016	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
18 August 2017	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
18 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Philmont Historic District (Additional Documentation): 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone Qu	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Philmont Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Philmont Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this property

13 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Philmont, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Philmont	$21,000	no account filed
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Philmont	-	A local 911 call center reported wires down on Elm Street at Main Street in Philmont.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Philmont	-	A local 911 call center reported wires down near a residence in Philmont.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Philmont	-	A 911 Call Center reported wires down in Philmont.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Philmont	-	Trees were reported down, with one of them on a house, on New Street in the village of Philmont due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Philmont	-	Trees and wires were reported down at Stever's Crossing Road in the town of Claverack due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Philmont	-	Trees were reported down on wires on Prospect Street in the village of Philmont due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Philmont	-	Trees were reported down on Summit Street in Philmont due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Philmont	-	Wires were reported down and across Main Street in the village of Philmont due to thunderstorm winds.
October 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Philmont	-	Trees and wires were reported down on Summit Street in Philmont as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Philmont	-	Trees and wires were reported down in Philmont due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Philmont	-	Trees down.
June 1999	Hail	Philmont	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbia County

Maps showing this location

11 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1902 USGS Copake quadrangle1:62500
1904 USGS Copake quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
1947 USGS Claverack quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Claverack quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Claverack quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Mellenville Railroad Station	1.1 miles	2000
Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Harlemville and Cemetery	3.5 miles	2002
Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer House and Mill Complex	3.7 miles	1982
Stephen Storm House	3.7 miles	1998
William W. Van Ness House	4.0 miles	1997
Dr. Abram Jordan House	4.2 miles	1999

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100010025 in Record Group 79.
Columbia County	All 155 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.